SENATE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:     Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, Select 

TIME & DATE:   2:00 PM, Tuesday, September 2, 2025 

PLACE:         E1.012 (Hearing Room) 
CHAIR:         Senator Charles Perry 

HB 1           Darby | et al.           SP: Perry
Relating to youth camp and campground emergency preparedness; authorizing civil and other penalties; making appropriations.

HB 20          Darby | et al.           SP: Perry
Relating to certain measures to prevent and reduce fraudulent charitable solicitations and theft during disasters, including establishing a voluntary accreditation program for disaster relief organizations; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty; providing a civil cause of action.

HB 27          Harris | et al.          SP: Nichols
Relating to a groundwater study of certain aquifers underlying the territory of the Neches and Trinity Valleys Groundwater Conservation District by the Texas Water Development Board before the issuance of permits or permit amendments by the district.

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